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Philco 89 indicator light.
Jim Dutridge
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02-18-2025, 04:37 PM
Is there some trick to getting the indicator lamp evenly spaced between the frequency bands? Seems like no matter what I try the light is too far to the left. Seems to me it should be evenly spaced between the two.

   
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02-18-2025, 07:01 PM
I forgot how the pointer is formed: could you show the way it is formed and how you tried to change it?
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02-18-2025, 07:36 PM
Hello Jim, I have done several 89s. The trick is to move the drum in or out on it's shaft. You will need to loosen a set screw on the drum to do that.

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02-19-2025, 02:18 PM
Thank you Dan, that was the trick. I kept trying to rebend the lamp bracket but that wasn't doing anything to help.
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02-19-2025, 04:01 PM
Bending the lamp bracket (moving the lamp, that is) can possibly change the shape of the pointer a bit, but not its location.
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02-20-2025, 05:21 PM
Well thankfully that did not happen.
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